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Detective Harlan arrived at the old manor just after midnight and found the heavy front door standing wide open again. Cold rain slicked the stone steps as he carefully stepped inside and smelled iron beneath the fading scent of roses. A single candle burned low in the library where Lord Pembroke lay still beside an overturned glass of dark wine. His eyes were open, his cravat was torn, and a thin silver letter opener rested against his pale cold throat. Harlan knelt without touching anything and noticed fresh muddy footprints leading from the French windows toward the silent dark hallway. Somewhere upstairs a floorboard creaked once, then the whole house returned to a deep stillness that felt carefully arranged tonight.